Dive into this year's Top 100 Restaurants with a virtual banquet of Houston's best dining. There are 17 newcomers to Alison Cook's list, and five returnees have upped their performance after a hiatus.

Two of those newcomers landed in the top 10 tier; and a total of six of them appear in the top 30 ranked restaurants. (The rest of the list appears in alphabetical order.) That's a solid showing that demonstrates the continued vibrance of the city's dining scene, even in the trying year after Hurricane Harvey.

Our new-and-improved interactive online guide to the Top 100 features filters that allow you to sort the restaurants by cuisine, neighborhood and price range; see which restaurants are new to the list; and a free-type search bar.

We've added the ability to sort the restaurants for brunch and late-night service, too. If you click on "details" for each restaurant tile, it will show you which days the restaurant is closed. Click on the address, and it will take you to Google Maps to plot your course.

The guide's "about" and "by the numbers" tabs offer a peek into the Top 100 project's scope and methodology. And we're not through thinking about adding more bells and whistles in the future.

The entire guide — which includes capsule reviews of each restaurant and "what to order" sections — is available free to Chronicle subscribers on our subscriber site, HoustonChronicle.com.

We think access to the full Top 100 database is a compelling reason to subscribe, just as these 100 restaurants are a compelling reason to live and dine in Houston. Graze through the delicious gallery to see why.